Level up you hear it here, there, lot a of RPG yeah... Well I try to think going down in this thing. There still level up so I can't go.

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1st: Sleeping Dragon

At this time, all 'temporary bureau' members set up for the 60th scenario were looking at the same screen. The battle between myth-grade constellations was transmitted in real time. From low-grade to higher grade dokkaebis, they gathered regardless of their grade, forgetting their own channels scattered around various regions.

Hades vs. Poseidon. 

In the past few years, the number of times constellations fought such a bloody battle could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Of course, there were cases of powerful constellations confronting each other but as always, it was about the story of the battle.

A battle to defend their successors. Hades made a surprise declaration, when he didn't have a successor for thousands of years, caused the constellations to explode.

[The vast majority of constellations are enthusiastic about the battle scene!]

The vast majority. Even the advanced dokkaebis like Bihyung had never seen such a cluster of constellations.

[The demon king 'Ruler of the East Hell' is enthusiastic about the battle!]

[The demon king 'Devil of Principles' is burning with the motivation to participate in the scenario.]

[The constellation 'Saviour of Corruption' is watching the battle with mad eyes!]

[The constellation 'Scribe of Heaven' is looking at the battlefield with terrible eyes.]

The rumour spread quickly and the constellations started to gather together, no matter if they were good or evil.

[The constellation 'Great Mother God Who Created Man out of Earth' is watching the battle.]

[The constellation 'God King of Thunder' is interested in the war of Olympus.]

[The constellation 'Founder of Reincarnation' is rejoicing.]

From the nebula Emperor to Vedas and Goddess Island. The constellations of China, India and Ireland were gathered together to observe the battle of myth-grade constellations.

The subscribers of the channel skyrocketed and the bureau was busy capturing the remaining probability to sustain the scenario and maintain the channels. There was no way the bureau could miss such an opportunity.

As the balance slowly tilted, the reaction of the constellations became hotter. It was predicted that one myth would end here today. In the place where one myth fell, a new story that never existed would bloom like a flower.

Unlike the other dokkaebis who were full of excitement and passion, Bihyung was in a state of uneasiness.

'...That bastard, what the hell is he doing?'

On the screen, Kim Dokja was moving. Giant Soldier Pluto was holding the Steel Sword who had been heated up. The steel sword shone like a giant torch in the sun of ancient Greek.

Dokgak opened his mouth. "Crazy. They're trying a sacred torch relay."

All the dokkaebis were streamers. A curious dokkaebi asked Dokgak. "A sacred torch relay? What is it?"

"Do you know the torch that burns with flames in the myths?"

"I know."

"The sacred torch relay is the ceremony of 'peace' and 'victory.' They are declaring that they will end this war through that fire."

After Dokgak's explanation, the dokkaebis opened their mouths.

"Crazy. Joining that battlefield now..."

The Demon King of Salvation was also famous among the dokkaebis. The master of the new nebula, Kim Dokja's Company. The beloved demon king of archangels, the rule of the 73rd Demon Realm. A 'returnee' who survived the fight against the Indescribable Distance, received the favour of an outer god and even crossed to another world.

"Even if it is him, this time..."

"He is a foolhardy man."

In the middle of this, one dokkaebi was laughing. "Haha, hahaha..."

It was Bihyung. Some of the dokkaebis looked puzzled but Bihyung continued to laugh. He had a thought.

Perhaps none of the dokkaeb is here would understand his feelings. The members of Kim Dokja's Company who carried the torch of revolution. They were perceived as moths flying towards the flames.

However, he knew the stories they had accumulated. The difficulties given to them had varying sizes but they were always in the realm of 'impossibility.'

"Yes, this is Kim Dokja!"

Bihyung watched the constellation drawn by Kim Dokja's Company and was reminded of a history not long ago.

The first time he met Kim Dokja on the subway. The moment he made the exclusive contract with Kim Dokja, who was weak but calm.

The stories piled up like snowflakes. There was something unbelievable. It was something he saw for the first time. A trivial human who built up his stories and became a constellation, finally reaching the starting point of A Single Story.

Streamer Bihyung had watched it all.

Dokgak opened his mouth. "He will fail this time."

"Maybe so."

"You are composed. Isn't this the constellation you contracted with?"

"He used to be but not anymore."

Bihyung laughed. He didn't know if Kim Dokja's strategy would succeed or not but strangely, he had a streamer's hunch. Kim Dokja's story wouldn't end here.

[The giant story 'Demon World's Spring' has expanded!]

Along with the system messages, the dokkaebis' eyes widened. A golden train was flying through the sky. It was Surya's golden train.

"That...!"

If they were told about what would happen in the 60th scenario, who would've believed it?

"If it is this... Maybe...!"

The cooperation between humans and gods. A Single Story, the torch of sanctification was leading the way to success. The train descended like a yellow dragon and the dokkaebis gulped.
 
Why? They watched the reckless, absurd and impossible challenge. Yet why were the streamers' hearts burning?

Perhaps Dokgak was right. The attack might fail and this nebula might become dust in the Star Stream. Nevertheless.

[The great dokkaebi 'Halong' is watching the 60th scenario.]

[The great dokkaebi 'Holong' is watching the 60th scenario,]

[The great dokkaebi 'Baram' is watching the end of the 60th scenario,]

At this moment, all dokkaebis were thinking the same thing.

「 I also want to make such a scenario. 」

The story of the constellations was growing on the grounds of the scenario. The constellations who grew up eating the stories dreamt of another story. This was the power of the Star Stream.

The overwhelmed Bihyung exclaimed, "They! They are the ones I raised! Do you all know?"

What made a good story? What scenario was a good scenario? There was no dokkaebi who knew the answer. If anyone knew, it would be the Dokkaebi King.

However, the dokkaebis knew one thing. It was the fact that perhaps their king would also be watching this story.

***

The head of the falling train finally crashed into the waves. The surprised Poseidon's eyes widened. The status of the narrative-grade constellation advanced and entered into Poseidon's waves. Even so, the walls of the waves were still rough and thick.

"Next is me."

「 The woman who dreams of another apocalypse is staring her story. 」

Han Sooyoung moved along the edge of the train and released her bandages to create black flames.
Han Sooyoung's formidable black flames took the form of a dragon.

She had already reached such a point. The shape of the dragon moved forward and tore through the waves.

Lee Jihye followed.

「 The wounded swordsman raised her sword to protect her relationships. 」

The key ring on Lee Jihye's sword shone as she raised it like a commander. At almost the same time, a fleet appeared on the wall of waves. The Ghost Fleet fired through the passage made by the black dragon.

Poseidon called his flagship as Yi Sunsin's bombardment prevented the waves from filling back up.
However, Poseidon couldn't afford to worry about this. Hades had regained his momentum and aimed for his neck with the scythe of the Underworld.

Behind the bombardment, Giant Soldier Pluto took a sprinting posture in the rear of the train.

Shin Yoosung declared, "Depart, Ahjussi!"

The inertia of the train added to Pluto's speed. The wind attribute of the chimera dragon amplified the speed even further.

"Go, Dokja hyung!"

Along with Lee Gilyoung's cheer, Pluto started the dash. Pluto held the Steel Sword in both hands while Jung Heewon supplied hellfire to it.

"Haaaat!"

Lee Hyunsung bellowed and Pluto flew through the sky.

[The giant story 'Demon World's Spring' is continuing the story!]

[The giant story 'Supreme Ruler of the Open Seas' is continuing!]

Stories and stories clashed and Pluto's gloves were torn off. Kim Namwoon screamed with pleasure despite the pain.

「 The steel giant, who returned from hell, swung his sword. 」

「 The flames of hell burned up the steel. 」

The sword that burned with hellfire and the stories of all the other members. The flames of the torch vaporized many water walls at once. The myth-rated barrier, that seemed impossible to penetrate, was being broken. 

Beyond the broken waves, the defenseless Theseus could be seen. In the situation where victory was in front of his eyes, Pluto didn't move. The world shook like it was reversed and I vomited up blood inside Pluto.

In the meantime, Poseidon had thrown Triaina and it pierced Pluto's waist. It was the exact place where I was riding.

"Dokja-ssi!"

Jung Heewon's voice was faintly heard.

[The power of the star relic 'Triaina' is fatally injured your incarnation body!]

[The status is a power you can't afford!]

[The giant soldier 'Pluto' has offset some of your shock.]

This was the majesty of a myth-grade constellation. It could trample on a narrative-grade constellation like me as if I was a worm. 

The waves had been pierced but the flames of the torch were cooling down. Lee Hyunsung seemed stunned and Jung Heewon's magic power was almost running out. The waves were showing signs of recovery again.

Poseidon was still relaxed as he dealt with Hades. There was a faint smile. Maybe he thought he won. Towards that Poseidon, I laughed. As always, the protagonist was the last to attack.

"Yoo Jonghyuk!"

Behind the torch that was dying out, a man in a black coat was running with everyone's stories on his back. The surprised Poseidon created a water spear but Red Phoenix Shunpo quickly avoided it. Some spears that couldn't be stopped pierced Yoo Jonghyuk's thighs and shoulders.

[The item 'Giant's Armour' is effective!]

The armour that contained the power of the giants barely protected Yoo Jonghyuk from the sacred spears.

One step, two steps, three steps.

As the number of spears that stabbed it increased, the Giant's Armour started to crumble. Then it shattered. With 10 steps left, Poseidon's status rushed towards Yoo Jonghyuk.

Yoo Jonghyuk's expression hardened. This was a power that a regressor of the third round couldn't afford. Just a bit more. Just a little bit further. Theseus was right in front of our noses.

「 Kim Dokja. 」

Yoo Jonghyuk in my vision became a bit blurry. I knew from the beginning that it was unreasonable. It wasn't possible for Yoo Jonghyuk to go to the place where Theseus was located.

[The exclusive skill, 'Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint' has been activated!]

Then what if he wasn't the 'third round?'

[Your blurred consciousness has been partially liberated from the constraints of your body.]

[Exclusive skill, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint stage 3 has been activated!]

Once again, the landscape I saw had changed.

[The 1st person protagonist's point of view has been activated!]

It was the very landscape that Yoo Jonghyuk saw.

「 Kim Dokja? 」

Yoo Jonghyuk's thoughts seemed confused. Poseidon's spear was moving. I felt time slowing as I turned over the pages of Ways of Survival in my head.

The third round couldn't finish this. However, I eagerly imagined what would be possible someday.

[The story 'Hell of Eternity' has begun.]

The 4th round, the 5th round, the 6th round... the 41st round... the 56th round...

[This round can't be understood with your Reading Comprehension.]

Pain came over me and my bloodshot eyes seemed like they were going to explode. The explosive stories were a mess in my head. Still, I didn't give up.

[The Fourth Wall is protecting your spirit!]

[Your 'Reading Comprehension' is moving towards new possibilities.]

[The pages you can't read are opening!]

Countless curious eyes were on us. They weren't constellations. Yoo Jonghyuk muttered, 「 This... 」

The 'Yoo Jonghyuk' of the other rounds were watching us. Some looked envious while others had gloomy expressions. Finally, there was one with an expression of intrigue.

「 Interesting. 」

I quickly moved through the pages and reached the maximum I could turn over now. Thus, I finally used the future ahead of me.

[You have reached the maximum number of rounds you can read.]

[The maximum number of times you can read 'Yoo Jonghyuk' is up to the '362nd round.']

The 362nd round Yoo Jonghyuk. This was the last card I could bring out. The 362nd round Yoo Jonghyuk wasn't strong enough to kill Poseidon. In order to do that, the number of regressions must be 1,700 times.

[Thanks to the influence of 1st person protagonist's point of view, the talent of 'Yoo Jonghyuk' of this round is passed onto others.]

[The talent of '362nd round Yoo Jonghyuk'  is attracted to 'Yoo Jonghyuk.']

However, the 362nd round Yoo Jonghyuk was strong enough. It was because the 362nd round Yoo Jonghyuk:

「 "It has been a while, Poseidon." 」

It was the Yoo Jonghyuk who fought against Poseidon for the first time.

「 "At that time, I killed your son." 」

Poseidon's furious roar was head. The 362nd round Yoo Jonghyuk moved inside Yoo Jonghyuk of the 3rd round. It was a stance that he took a million, ten million times.

「 "This is Palm Boxing." 」

Yoo Jonghyuk's Breaking the Sky Force Punch break through the final barrier and pierced Theseus' body.

TL: Rainbow Turtle. I also made a small correction to the last chapter. 

[Pluto was raising his body in the seawater. I asked him while nodding towards Yoo Jonghyuk, "Can you pick up two people?"]

Only I know the end of this world.
One day our MC finds himself stuck in the world of his favorite webnovel. What does he do to survive? It is a world struck by catastrophe and danger all around.
His edge? He knows the plot of the story to end. Because he was the sole reader that stuck with it. Read his story to see how he survives!

        🥰  Introduction❗          

            So hi! Dito po sa kwentong toh isipin mo na ikaw ang bida na si Belle!Para mas makarelate ka! Yun lang naman po kasi kailangan gawin sa isang book para po mas makarelate ang isang mambabasa. Sana po magustuhan nyo yung story ko:) 

            Sorry po kung mabibitin man po kayo sa ibang part:(  Student po kasi ako at grade 7 palang kaya medyo busy po sa school haha! #masyadongspecific. Check nyo na lang din po yung Tumblr ko para mas updated kayo! Thank you for trying to read my story hope you will be interested!

              Parang awa nyo na po iwasan nyo po ang pagkacopyright ng stories maawa po kayo sa mga gumawa nito di rin po kasi basta~basta gumawa ng stories alam ko naman pong deep inside ng puso nyo, may mabuti po kayong kalooban. Salamat po Godbless u all!!!!!:)

Enjoy po!Sana po may matutunan kayong lesson!;^)

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Chapter 1 ng buhay ni Belle🖤Isipin mong buhay mo toh! Para relate ka!


Belle's POV:

        Isang umaga ng magising ako, dahil sa alarm ko.Naalala ko na 1st day of school ko na pala: biglang isang senior highschool.
My Gosh!!!grd 11 na ako

Bumangon na ako.Pero bigla akong natulala at sinabi sa sarili na " Hala 1st day of school ko na pala at bilang isang estudyante sa isang school at hindi na pala ako homeschooled ulit.

Bigla naman akong nagulat ng kinatok ni Mama ang pinto ko.

Nak!?Gising na!!! Pero nagulat siya at sinabing. Hala!Gising kana pala.

  Maligo kana at pagkatapos ay magdasal ka muna,magpasalamat ka at humingi ng gabay sa pagpasok mo. Nakangiting pagpapaalala ni Mama.

Opo Ma! Sabi ko na may malaking ngiti.

Papasok na ako sa banyo at syempre naghubad muna. Mabilis akong naligo at sinabonan ng maigi ang pes ko para malinis.

Pagkatapos kong maligo, naisip kong wala pa pala akong tuwalya, nakasabit pa pala sa harap ng pintuan ko, sa sobrang excite ko tuloy nakalimutan ko na yung tuwalya ko kaya nakahubad tuloy akong lumabas ng banyo ko at basang~basa. Haha!!!umagang~umaga eh!

Nang makuha ko yung tuwalya ko agad akong nagtuyo ng mabilis. 

Pagkatapos kong magtuyo ng katawan agad kong kinuha ang lotion ko at syempre naglotion. Nagdeodorant din ako syempre!mamaya umamoy pa ako dun sa school eh.

Pagkatapos kong magbihis ay pumunta na ako sa dresser ko at agad na nagayos ng pes.

Habang nagaayos ako ng muka nagsasalita ako magisa at kinakausap ang sarili at iniisip na nagvlo~vlog ako.

   hilig ko kasi magvideo eh!pero wala naman akong channel sa yt!gumagawa lang ako ng video for memories

  "Step 1: kumuha ng moisturizer at iapply ito sa pes nyong maganda...Step 2: kumuha ng pulbos at ilagay ito sa kamay, ikiskis ito sa kamay para mas pino, saka ipahid sa muka nyong maganda at ilagay ito sa lalagyanan Natatawang sabi ko sa harap ng salamin. Step 3: kumuha ng  cheektint at idampi sa cheeks at ilagay na ito inyong lalagyanan

Biglang kumatok si Mama.

  Nak!Kain na!Bilisan mo na dyan! Mahinhing utos ni Mama.

Opo Ma!Hehe nagpapaganda lang po. Saglit lang po! Nagpapacute na sabi ko.

  Tigil~tigilan mo nga ako dyan!Nako malaman ko lang na may boypren ka diretso.....nako alam mo na!!! Seryosong sabi ni Mama.

  Hehe!Gravee kanaman Ma!Joke lang yun eh!!! Natatawang sabi ko.

Natawa nalang din si Mama.

'Dammit, what the heck is this? An ambush right in the middle of the city, not to mention, right in front of the Divine Relic Sect! Who is crazy enough to do this... do they have a death wish!' David thought in shock as sweat poured down his imaginary forehead.
'No... to do this, they must have something to rely on or else it'll just be suicide for them. That means, Luo Ren and co are in a dangerous pickle... sigh, I guess this is it, welp rest in peace former masters, it was nice knowing you guys in my short moment of life, and... wait a minute, since I'm a useless scrap piece of metal, would I be spared?' David thought shamelessly.
"Luo Rei, Rock, don't move, I'll turn myself in" Luo Ren said in a forced tone as sweat pour down his forehead. He could outrun low second tiered cultivators, but not a cultivator at Rocks level.
Rock, and the Black Tiger Gang Leader, were essential around the same strength as Luo Ru, his genius sister, except that they were much older than her, still, these two were way above Luo Rens league.
All Luo Ren wanted to do, was take the spiritual relic for a ride and help it grow stronger, but it seems that fate has other plans for him.
"No, we will both protect you, I won't allow these bullies to take you!" Luo Rei anxiously yelled, which made all the members of the Black Tiger Gang laugh hysterically.
"Did you hear that? This fatty said that she will protect Luo Ren, look at her pig face, snout piggy nose, and her multiple layers of chins!" 
"Hah! Her chin has more layers than a fair maidens flap!" A fat gang member sneered.
"Her face is similar to Luo Ren, is this the rumoured spoilt princess Luo Rei? Should we make a move onto her?"
"Who cares, this fat pigs' father reign is coming to an end"
"Hohoho, imagine this pig squealing in bed, sigh, the ripe peach sure is large and bountiful hehehe" A skinny pock face cultivator said while rubbing his two hands together.
"What the heck? I rather bed Luo Ren, just look at his face! A city toppling beauty, sigh, but why does he have to be male..."
"I rather bed that core disciple, look at his large muscles, and his large hands and feet, I wonder what else would be large" A shrewd looking old female gang member that looked like a dried skeleton drooled lustfully as she gazed at Rock.
Rock overheard that and vomited inwardly, he sneered at the ugly rotten old woman before inching closer to Luo Rei.
Sensing the surrounding gang member, both Luo Ren and Rock found that there were one 3rd-tier cultivator, fifteen 2nd-tier cultivators, and around thirty 1st-tier cultivator.
"You guys all deserve to die!" Luo Rei muttered as she clenched her hands into a fist, but to the surrounding gang members, this didn't go unheard, which caused the gang members to looked down at the poor little piggy with mocking smiles, just like vicious hungry wolves before laughing out loud again.
"Little piggy piggy, come out to pla..." Just as one of the gang member was about to taunt Luo Rei, his voice crackled.
Everyone gazed at Luo Rei with insurmountable fear, because in her hands, were paper slips.
"Eh, calm down, why don't you breathe in a deep voice, you don't want to do that, do you?" The Gang Leader said in a slow, calm and steady voice, as if he was trying to soothe down a psychotic berserk lioness that'll do anything to protect her family.
"Huuumpft, it's too late for regret now, there is a special place in hell that is reserved for your whole gang!" Luo Rei screamed while pouring her weak spiritual energy into the paper slip and pointed it into the direction of the enemy.
"You bitch!" The Gang Leader roared in deep anger.
"Leader help us! aaaaaaaAAAAHHHHHH! It burns!" 
'Holy shit! Is that the fabled paper talisman that I have heard about in those stories?' David eyes popped out as he felt his whole body heat up from the fiery inferno that Luo Rei has unleashed.
A rain of fire hailed out of the torn talisman like a shower of fiery arrows towards the enemy, which killed most of the 1st-tiered gang members heavily. 
In numbers, the Black Tiger Gang was cut in half, the Gang leader eye's almost flew out of his socket, he deeply grieved in regret and anger.
To him, capturing Luo Ren was suppose to be an easy job, but who knew that Luo Rei, a useless fat pig, was carrying something as dangerous as a 3rd Grade Talisman, something that can injure Mortal Dragon/Phoenix cultivators if they're not careful.
'BOOOOOOOM'
Most of the buildings crumbled and burst into a fiery rubble, but luckily, they were mysteriously uninhibited, so there weren't any innocent people caught in the crossfire.
During the chaos, Luo Ren chose to stay on the bicycle, because he found out that he can use both the movement technique that everyone is seemingly after, and the ancient spiritual relic, at the same time.
Due to David wheel having insufficient speed, the combined speed of both these factors were lesser than what the movement technique would be by itself, but it caused Davids personally speed to bumped up a small notch.
Luo Ren was still fast enough to reach Luo Rei's side while on the bicycle, the way that he pedaled changed, his legs kicked sharply downwards, while he steadied his body in a weird acrobatic posed.
Luo Rei was no longer riding David while sitting, as he was now pedaling while standing up!
"Why didn't you let me turn myself in" Luo Ren said with an angry expression, though he wasn't really angry with his sister, he was just mad that she risked her life to protect him, not that he was ungrateful, he just didn't want her life to be in any danger because of him.
"Don't worry, I have more talisman on me, here take these" Luo Rei said while taking more paper slips out of her spatial ring and handed Luo Ren a whole bunch like it was candy.
Luo Ren stared at the talisman in his arms in shock.
Black Devious Beetle Armament, a middle tier third grade armour talisman which coats the user in a protective suit that can take a few hits from cultivators weaker than the middle tier of Mortal Dragon/Phoenix stage for around ten minutes.
Ravenous Chain Bind a top tier second grade binding talisman, it can bind second-tiered cultivators and lower, depending on their strength, for a certain period of time.
Harmonious Lightning Bell a low tier third grade support talisman, the bell can attract all nearby spiritual attacks from attacks that are weaker than the lower level of Mortal Dragon/Phoenix to itself for ten minutes.
Boundless Steam Barrier a low tier third grade barrier talisman can summon a barrier of spiritual steam to protect the user.
Reflective Earth Shield a middle tier third grade barrier talisman is more or so the same as the talisman before, except that it is a level stronger.
He also gained a whole bunch of  1st Grade medical pills that Luo Rei conveniently stashed away for emergencies.
"I know you don't like attack, so I gave you some of my defensive talisman, quick activate them" Luo Rei said hurriedly.
"My god, these all must be worth more than 500000 low grade spiritual stones..." Luo Ren calculated with a dumbfounded expression.
'Riiiiiiiiiiiip'
Luo Ren activated the Reflective Earth Shield talisman first, covering both him and Luo Rei.
'Stud stud stud stud'
Numerous spells and attack were summoned upon them by the spiteful gang members who suffered a huge lost, but none of them could break the protective earth shield, let alone scratch it with their own strength, though they could whittle it down until through a war of attrition and then kill them once the shield wears off, but that will take too much time.
The only one who could truly break through the Reflective Earth Shield is the gang leader of the Black Tigers.
"Good good good good, I Meng Hao have never been more humiliated until now, you bastards will meet will burn in hell for all eternity, screw capturing you, I am now truly angry!" The gang leader, called Meng Hao, grinding his teeth furiously while holding his hands into a fist.
Rock was dumbfounded, he was stuck in a trance that replayed the actions of Luo Rei, how she activated the talisman without hesitation, her chubby face frowned in anger as she burn her enemies alive.
'This was my master doing?' Rock though as he saw the burning black corpses turn to ashe, before shaking his head to wake himself up, the first thing he heard was Meng Hao angry rant.
"Not good!" Rock saw Meng Hao's fist glow white like a sword dipped in magma, his fist emitted a heat like none other, and distorted the space around it. 
Rock activated his long range ability as Meng Hao charged towards the protective rocky dome that the two Luo's were hiding in.
"5 Finger Diamond Point Burst!"
Rock held his right wrist with his left hands, then opened his right palm and faced it towards the enemy. 
His right hands fingers tips glowed like diamonds, and after a few milliseconds, five sparkling white beams came together into one, and shot towards Meng Hao at the speed of light.
"Tsk tsk, is that all you got?" The gang leader sneered arrogantly as he effortlessly dodged the beam attack.
"You are courting death!" Meng Hao screamed.
Rock was about use the attack again, but found himself locked down by a group of tier 2 cultivators. They threw hundreds of poison needles his way, Rock could easily annihilate them, but if he turns his attention away from Luo Rei, she could die almost instantly from any casual attacks by Meng Hao.
"Black Devil Tiger Form" Meng Hao aura turned black, dark misty clouds evaporated from his body, his tiger tattoos glowed, and his eyes turned green, like a tiger, his muscles inflated, his nails grew sharp, his body hair grew out really long which spotted orange stripes.
Meng Hao transformed into a half tiger half human form that exuded an otherworldly beastly stench.
Rock was getting pinned down at every angle, and he didn't dare see what would happen if he was to get scratched even once by the poison needles.
"Ten-fold Heavenly Earth Gravity Pull!" Rock yelled as he summoned a huge gravitation pressure upon his enemies, all the needles fell flat to the ground, and the cultivators.
"AHHHH! Help us leader!" 
Rock especially focused his gravitation technique onto a certain old skeleton like woman who lusted over his body, he angrily clenched his palm into a fist, and poof, the old lady who was slammed onto the ground, unable to get up, head had exploded like a squashed watermelon.
"Let me out, Rock needs help" Luo Rei was really anxious, she quickly used her own Black Devious Beetle Armament. Luo Ren didn't think much through and activated his own.
Underneath the protection of the rocky barrier, both the Luo's donned a protective armour, their skin fully covered by a black beetle like skeleton, and their head was protected by a rhino beetle helmet.
"Quick, hide the ancient relic in your spatial ring!" Luo Ren urged
'What? I can go inside a spatial ring?' David thought optimistically, 'Maybe I can avoid dying inside'
"I'm trying but it won't work..." Luo Rei panicked.
"Damn, I forgot living things can't enter the spatial ring..." Luo Ren muttered.
"Do you have a beast pouch? Put him inside there" 
"Oh?" Luo Rei was confused, but did so anyway.
'Woooooooooooosh'
David was instantly sucked inside Luo Rei's beast pouch and found himself in a 64m- squared room which had trees, dirt, mud, bushes, a pond, and many pet piggies.
'Oink oink oink oink'
'What the heck? Where am I?" David thought in despair as he felt all the pigs tongue licking him in curiosity.
Boooooooooooom! 
David heard a loud booming sound outside the mysterious pet room, it sounded like the rocky barrier that were protecting his two masters, had been utterly destroyed to dust.

Boom, David Lee got run over as he saved his crush from being rammed down by a drunk truck driver.
Why was this so? She was too busy listening to music while riding her bicycle... 
But in return, what does he get? He is reincarnated into another world thanks to some mysterious force.

Given a second chance in life, though at first, he would had rejoiced, but the Gods seem to have laughed in his face as he is reincarnated into another world as that same bicycle with a bicycle system. 

So... How will David Lee fair in a world full of immortals and demons, cultivation and martial arts, beauties and scions, as a piece of scrap metal?
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As Barney was about to dodge, he got tripped on his own foot allowing Cob to hit him in the stomach. After he fell, the other boys ganged up on him and started kicking him for several minutes until they all left laughing. Soon, Barney started to get up and saw the thin kid put his hand out asking.

"Need any help?"
"No you dried up slice of meat."
"Hey! I'm just trying to help..."
"Where are the supervisors or something?!"

The thin kid was interrupted by Barney from the sudden yell. He then said, "Nova workers won't help us unless it's serious."

"Wow, bunch of jerks.."
"Um, whats your name."
"Willy Wonka, yours?"
"Your real name."
"Purple T-rex."
"...Names Charlie, Charlie Woodlin,"

As Barney and Charlie were having a conversation, Charlie noticed something wrong about Barney. He didn't have a single scratch or any injury from the beating! After pondering over it for a moment, he then just ignored it as there were other people who can handle that beating.

"Who were they?"
"Bunch of guys from Z-1, like me."
"Oh, a student, well I'm a teacher!"
"..."
"I'm a teacher!"
"I know dammit! Why didn't you say that in the beginning so they wouldn't hurt you?!"

After having a long conversation, he realized it was nighttime due to his watch that he bought. He then said goodbye and went to his dorm. Barney also went to his dorm to sleep as he was very tired.

The second day started and it was morning. People started waking up and many went to the cafeteria. There was a long line and people showing off their abilities. People started finishing their breakfast and soon left to go talk to their friends they made yesterday or do something else. Barney who also just finished eating, ran around the ship getting weird looks from other people. He was trying to find the bullies, but was unable to find them so he stopped as it was night.

It was then the third day. It was the same thing except he went to the workout area and lifted 5 pounds for 2 minutes. He also had a conversation with Charlie about where to hide a body which freaked Charlie out. Charlie also found out Barney's real name. Barney then went on a spree looking for Cob and gang but was unable to find them.

As he was looking, the speaker said

[We have reached Nova, please go to the entrance and receive all your luggage]

Barney then went to the gate or entrance and saw a lot of many people near it. He couldn't count all of them as there were too many. As everybody reached the entrance, the strict man from before yelled out to everybody, "Today, Nova will be the place you eat, sleep, and live!"

"From now on, Nova is your home so be happy!"

The crowd were excited as the ship landed and the entrance soon opened. Everybody suddenly heard the speaker saying

[Please go to your dorms to rest and at 4:00, please attend to your class that you have received  3 days ago]

Right now, it was 3:38, giving everybody a lot of time to put their stuff in order. Barney didn't have any luggage so he went to his dorm to check it out. He soon followed the crowd who was following another man. Nova was huge holding more shops than a city. It had everything like the strict man said. It looked more like a city but 20x bigger. After following the man, they reached the dorms. One for boys which was on the right side and one for girls on the left side. The employees instead, had apartments everywhere so they know where to be if there was any trouble. The superheroes lived here too, but they had houses instead that could go up to 50 stories high. There also many buildings for classes.

The crowd soon parted ways into the dorms and apartments. Barney went into his apartment which looked nice but couldn't even compare to other dorms. This apartment was like the worst apartments out there. The place Barney lived was clean and nice. He was happy about this place and as he was going to lay down, it was 3:53. That was about seven minutes to get to class, but he didn't have any nice clothes as he was only wearing a plain clothes. He left his apartment and went to his class.

He reached his class, Z-1,  after asking some people out who were giggling and laughing. He went inside and saw 13 students sitting down talking to each other. He then greeted them.

"Hello, my name is Barney Sevs but you may call me Mr. Sevs!"
"It's you!"

It was sudden that all the people looked at the person who yelled it. It was Cob with his friends sitting down. They did not know that the person they beat up was actually their teacher for their class so they were surprised.

"I know we had a dark history many years ago, but rest assured, I won't kill you...yet."
"What the..."
"Well, I can see all the students are here..."

He was interrupted by another person that he knew. It was Charlie!

"There are at least 200 students in here and thats the smallest number of students!"
"Well, they must have a dark history too."
"We don't have a dark history!"

It was Cob yelling out and his gang too nodding in agreement. Charlie and Cob and gang were all arguing with Barney about the stuff he said earlier that the other students joined in too! Finally, it started to get quiet and Barney started saying talking.

"Well, everything is behind the present which is now the past. I want everybody to introduce themselves and their ability."

Soon, a kid who was short for his age and looked skinny came up.

"My name is Billy Ritchhold, I'm 13 years old and my ability is being able to sleep automatically," said by the anxious kid.

"Next!"
"Wait, I haven't..."
"Next, you trash ability!"

After Billy sat down sadly, another kid who had the style of a rebel came up.

"Name is Alexander Somd and my age is 17. My ability is 10th grade telekinesis."
"Ooooh, telekinesis, show us what you can do!"
"I just said I had 10th grade telekinesis.."
"So?"
"Thats the worst grade there is!"
"Oh, sit down you hitting-puberty man!"

10th grade was part of a grade of 1st grade as the strongest and 10th grade was the weakest. It took a long time to reach another grade. Alexander then sat down of how depressing it was to be so weak. After him were the rest of the remaining 13 students. It was Cob's gang who went up. There were a triplet who looked really identical. There names were Abe, Bee, and Ceed Grolisink and they were all 13. There abilities were to communicate with each other. The next was a tall guy name Cole Jesd who's ability was being tall. He was 6ft and his age is 15. It was then Cob which his ability was critical hit which allowed him to get a critical hit on anybody. Unfortunately, he wasn't smart and he had to hit somebody 100 times to get a critical hit in the same spot!

As Barney was about to call somebody he realized it was time for class to finish. He then walked out of the classroom without saying another word. As he left, Alexander suddenly realized.

"Did he just forget about us?"

In a world, nearly the whole population has abilities that are used for daily lives or fighting. Abilities helped people’s dream and one of those dreams are being superheroes. At least half of the population dreams to become superheroes. This opened up a school known as Nova thats teaches middle school to college. Nova is a school that nutures students into becoming superheroes and it also has class ranks for competition that goes to Z-1 to A-5. 

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As school starts, a new teacher joins and has to teach a class that hasn’t been doing well which made the former teacher leave. That class is Z-1, a class full of failures who either don’t have the potential, too lazy, or something that they have done bad. This also force the teacher in charge to make them into well known superheroes, but as they are trying to be successful in order for them to not flunk, many problems occur.

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Novel will be on hiatus for a long time since I am working on something else :/

Hello guys, i need you all opinion about some plot.

I have make quite a lot of raw draft of several arc, but i still found no perfect candidate for Ramus 1st woman and 1st wife, can you guys help me with some vote for it.

Poor Ramus..he trained so hard, he deserved some love 💕 haha 😆.

Here the list of woman that i have selected carefully for Ramus 1st wife :

Boa Hancock : Easy Level, No fancy arc.

Nico Robin : Medium Level, Love stories and some battle arc.

Kalifa : Medium Level, Love stories and cp 9 arc.

Monet : Hard Level, Forcefully love stories and Monkey D Luffy and crew original plot will gone.

Hina : Very Hard Level, Love stories and marine ford battle type arc (it will take time in the future after Ramus get a lot crew).


Please gave me your choices and opinions guys...

A man named Ramus was transmigrated into One Piece world as fallen aristocrat of Goa Kingdom.

Join Ramus and his two loyal retainers for building greatest pirates crew and kingdom to waging war with all World Government scheme and One Piece world.

“Warning !! This stories if fiction of fictional story so don’t take it seriously or effecting your real life because what inside the stories is nothing real”

“Warning !! This stories contain inappropriate language and stories material content , author apologies if there a stories material that against to some religion believe because that not what author intentions”

“Warning !! This stories contain adult and mature material so author hope to restricted to the adults reader only”

English is not author mother language so, author apologized for bad english and grammars in the story. 

As for reader who don’t like bad grammar novel, this novel is not for you i’m sorry.

Any character and material from original one piece is from and belong to Eichiro Oda work and author do not have any copyright for it.

I do not own the picture on the cover, i just randomly pick it from the internet.

"Everyone! Stop what you are doing and get ready for spell inspection! If you are not able to produce an orange flame at the very least, you will be ejected from the class." Mr Wendell announced. He then pushed himself off of his seat and grabbed a pen and a notebook from the podium. 

No one knew who Mr Wendell would mark first, they only knew that the first person would leave the biggest impression and would have all eyes on them. Something about having everyone's attention did not sit well with the shier students. As such, many students tried doing trivial things like looking away and avoiding any eye contact with the teacher.

Mr Wendell slowly walked towards the end opposite of Tanya's, pointing his pen at an enchanting golden haired girl.

"Serena Golde, show me your progress." Mr Wendell said plainly as he readied his pen.

FWOOSH

Instantly, a bright orange rose shaped flame appeared from the girl's hand. There was nothing much to it, it was exactly as the teacher showed earlier.

At such an age, comprehension like this could only be said to be monstrous. Paired with a look of indifference and disinterest, Serena looked as if she did not even try. A low level 1st grade spell seemed like nothing to her, less than a spell. It was more like a magic trick than actual magic.

"As expected of the crown princess, full marks." Mr Wendell heartily proclaimed as he ticked off a sheet of paper.

Tanya glanced at Serena, browsing the latter's appearance and demeanour with a watchful eye. Tanya had never met the crown princess and had only heard of her in stories, making Serena a possible opponent. But treating her as a true opponent would not be easy. A princess can not compare to the enemies that Tanya had once fought throughout the ages.

However, Tanya did not expect to see her glance returned by Serena. A cold and calculating smile was instantly directed toward Tanya, surprisingly her.

"Tanya Vermillion, please show me your magic." Mr Wendell spoke.

Tanya smiled back at Serena, releasing a shining expression fit for the true princes.

"Sure." Tanya replied plainly as an orange rose of equal stability and magnitude to Serena's appeared instantly. If Serena wished to play a game of the carefree genius, Tanya would of course be obliged to participate. Showing some dominance is a must.

"Very good, full marks." Mr Wendell moved on to Yuri and then Diana, eventually finishing the examination of everyone's roses. While many held grim expressions, there were some that felt like they accomplished something. At the very least, they could hold their head high knowing the fact that they passed the test.

As for the notable people that passed the test: Yuri passed the assessment with full marks. Diana passed the assessment with 70%. Altogether, They did not disappoint, both being in the higher range than everyone else, especially Yuri. She definitely showed everyone that even a baron's daughter could be a genius.

However, Tanya knew that this test didn't mean anything much. It was just to separate the apt from the trash. If one had decent aptitude, they could stay, while everyone else had to drop out of the class.

"Dammit! How did I fail?! It was only 1% that I needed!! And what do you mean there was a slight flicker?!" The boy that had been courting Yuri beforehand had failed with a mark of 49%, just unable to continue learning in the class. Although he tried to argue with Mr Wendell, the latter would not budge.

Mr Wendell is a man of ethics, not someone that would make illegal exceptions for privileged children.

'[Gust] might be a High 1st tier spell, but it can still be applied as precise as a scalpel in my hands.'

The failure was of course a certain lady's doing. All it took was a directed gust to weaken the boy's flame's stability, causing his inevitable fail.

"Yuri, you did so well. I am very happy, you know?" Tanya smiled.

"What about me?" Diana asked with an expectant look on her displeased face.

"What about you? Do you wish for my pampering too?" Tanya coldly replied.

"Wah?! Tanya, when did you become so cold?! I haven't done anything wrong to you, so-"

Tanya shifted closer to Diana, placing her finger on the latter's lips.

"I like it when you get worked up."

DUN DUN

"Greetings, Lady Vermillion." A feminine voice greeted Tanya from behind.

"Yes? Who might you be?" Tanya replied.

She was greeted by Serena, standing there with her arms crossed and her face exuding a cold feeling.

"My my… Princess Serena, I did not expect for you to come and greet me. Where are my manners? Greetings, your highness." Tanya briefly bowed her head, smiling somewhat devilishly.

"Enough of that. I am here on important business-"

"What important business could you have when class is still ongoing? Perhaps when class is over, we can talk? Right now, it may be difficult to hold a conversation since-"

"Class has ended, you are all dismissed for the day and may return to your dorms. The Grand Assembly will begin at 5pm, be sure to be ready." Mr Wendell exited the room without saying another word.

"You were saying?" Serena proceeded to sit down next to Tanya, opposite end to Yuri.

"I must say, your eyes are gorgeous." Tanya flirtatiously grinned, easing her face closer to Serena's.

'This cold and calculative type should be weaker to charms.'

*cough cough*

"That will not work on me." Serena staggered slightly, leaning away from Tanya.

'Not as weak to my charms… I see… still susceptible, but not as much.'

"Get to the point then." Tanya smiled.

Serena, darted her eyes briefly to the right, before looking Tanya straight in the eyes.

"I need you to enter an engagement with me." 

"As you may already know, my brother has essentially been disinherited. I really do not enjoy having him as my brother since he brings many women to the palace and disturbs my study. However, I do not want him to crawl his way back into my parent's favour. The only way to secure my position is to be engaged to you. My parents like you very much and wish for our two families to be joined, so I see this as a win-win." Serena talked fast, almost as if she was leaking out a bottled up anxiety. A suppressed expression, too unnatural. A fake mastermind, an unnatural personality.

'Not on the level of an average child, but still immature.'

“My plan to take the throne? Flushed down the toilet.”

“The life which I worked so hard to build? Lost by probability.”

“Penis? Gone for good.”

Tane Vermillion died in an unexpected accident, ending his bid for the eternal throne. All of his efforts had become neutered by simple accident. However, fate brought him elsewhere.

“A handsome fiancé that is the crown prince? Whatever. I was more handsome and my sword was much more skilful.”

“A heroine saintess that is being harassed by all of the so called handsome men? STOP RIGHT THERE YOU THUGS!”

But here’s the silver lining, who said the villainess would fall for a man?

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===========Wizards and Pendekars===========
-Normal person have 3 Step: Early-step, Mid-step, Late-step
-Genius person have Undefeatable Realm will reach Peak-step
--Foundation Realm-------------------[1st Realm]
Little Wizards or Pendekar Stage (Lv.1-Lv.3)
Senior Wizards or Pendekar Stage (Lv.4-Lv.6)
Master Wizards or Pendekar Stage (Lv.7-Lv.9)
Grandmaster Wizards or Pendekar Stage (Lv.10); Perfection Stage
--Ancestor Realm---------------------[2nd Realm]
Junior Ancestor Stage - (Lv.11-Lv.13)
Senior Ancestor Stage - (Lv.14-Lv.16)
Master Ancestor Stage - (Lv.17-Lv.19)
Grand Ancestor Stage - (Lv.20); Perfection Stage
--Kings Realm-------------------------[3rd Realm]
Unknown Stage (Lv.21-Lv.23)
Unknown Stage (Lv.24-Lv.26)
Unknown Stage (Lv.27-Lv.29)
Unknown Stage (Lv.30); Perfection Stage
--------------Max of Unknown Plane--------------
--Emperors Realm---------------------[4th Realm]
Unknown Stage
...
Unknown Stage
--------------Ascension to Middle Grade World--------------
--Unknown---------------------[5th Realm]
--Unknown---------------------[6th Realm]
--Unknown---------------------[7th Realm]
--------------Ascension to Upper Grade World--------------
--Unknown---------------------[8th Realm]
--Unknown---------------------[9th Realm]
--Unknown---------------------[10th Realm]
===========Body Tempered Pendekar and Magus============
[Pendekar] - Body Tempered by Evolution
Stage: Primary, Intermediate, Last Step, Perfection
Mortal Body-----------------------[Base]
Evolution of Mortal Body---------[1st Evolution]
Evolution Unknown Body---------[2nd Evolution]
Evolution Unknown Body---------[3rd Evolution]
Evolution Unknown Body---------[4th Evolution]
[Wizards] - Body Tempered using Energy Breakthrough
Mortal Body-----------------------[1st Stage]
Heavenly Body--------------------[2nd Stage]
Unknown Body--------------------[3rd Stage]
Unknown Body--------------------[4th Stage]
================Demon Race================
-Normal demon have 3 Step: Early-step, Mid-step, Late-step
-Genius of Noble demon have Undefeatable Realm will reach Peak-step
--[1st Realm]
Demon Beast Stage
Little Demon Stage
Demon Soldier Stage
Demon Commander Stage
--[2nd Realm]
Demon Knight
Elite Demon Knight
True Elite Demon Knight
Demon Duke
--[3rd Realm]
Demon Lord or Demon General
Demon King
Master Demon King or Pillar General
Great Demon King
--[4th Realm]
Unknown Stage
...
Unknown Stage
--------------Ascension to Middle Grade World--------------
--[5th Realm]
Unknown Stage
....
Unknown Stage
--[6th Realm]
--[7th Realm]
--------------Ascension to Upper Grade World--------------
--[8th Realm]
--[9th Realm]
--[10th Realm]
----------------Max Level----------------
==============Demon Beast and Magical Beast==============
-Normal beast have 3 Step: Early-step, Mid-step, Late-step
-Bloodline type beast have Undefeatable Realm will reach Peak-step
Normal Beast---------------------------------[Base]
Demon Beast and Magical Beast Realm--------------[1st Evolution]
Spirit Beast Realm------------------------------[2nd Evolution]
Sacred Beast Realm-----------------------------[3rd Evolution]
Divine Beast Realm-----------------------------[4th Evolution]
Unknown Realm-------------------------------[5th Evolution]
Unknown Realm-------------------------------[6th Evolution]
Unknown Realm-------------------------------[7th Evolution]
==============Herbs, Plants and Stone==============
Lower World to Upper World
Grade 1 to Grade 10
Early-step, Mid-step, Late-step, Peak-step
==============About Pills and Artefact==============
--Pills Realm
Mortal Realm Pill
Anom Realm Pill
Spirit Realm Pill
Sacred Realm Pill
Unknown Realm Pill
.....
Unknown Realm Pill
--Pills Quality Grade
Low (under 30% Purity)
Normal (max 50% Purity)
Good (51-70% Purity)
Super (71-90% Purity)
Legendary (91-100% Purity)
--Artefact Class
Mortal, Anom, Spirits, Unknown.... Unknown Realm
--Artefact Grade
Low, Middle, High, Top, Legendary
==============Alchemist and Smith==============
Apprentice, Senior, Master, Grandmaster (Mortal Alchemist or Smith)
Anom (#)
Spirits (#)
Sacred (#)
Unknown (#)
....
Unknown (#)
==============World of Immortals, Magus and Gods==============
Lower Grade Plane
Middle Grade Plane
Upper Grade Plane
Godly Universe or Great Thousand Godly Realm
Chaos Dimension or Void Universe
==============Mantra, Technique and Skill==============
[Mantra]
Origin Mantra (Bloodline) Grade: Low to High
Special or Mutation Mantra (Artificial, Creation, Special) Grade: Middle to Unknown
------Mantra below this, Divided from Low to High Level Mantra
Base Mantra (Mortal, Normal, Usual) Grade: Only Low
Anom Mantra (Practical, Noble) Grade: Middle to High
Spirits Mantra (Souls, Derived, Sequeled) Grade: Low to Middle
Sacred Mantra (Inheritance, Holy) Grade: Low to High
------Boundary of Grandmaster
Unknown Mantra
.....
[Grade Mantra]
(Low, Middle, High, Top), Legendary, Unknown.... Unknown
Grade Mantra still Divided to Early, Mid, Last and Heavens
[Technique]
--Classified: 
Base, Normal, Unique, Rare, Forbidden, Legendary
*)Forbidden Technique; Pengobongan Technique.
--Type: 
Cultivation; Breathing Technique, Circulation Technique.
Martial Arts; Fist Technique, Throwing Technique.

Cerbon City is the only surviving city of the demon's invasion thousands of years ago. In this city every talented younger generation is educated in an academy that teaches magic and fighting ability. 
Chyrma Academy, every families 13-year-old child would be sent here to learn magic and martial arts, so they can become help for city.
A thousand years of peace isn't without fear and pressure. Although the protections put up by 'Young Heroes' were very strong at that time, they did not know when the demons would strike, especially the '72 Generals of Satan' under the command of the Demon King.
However, everyday life in the city remains as busy as ever. A 13-year-old found himself caught in a big dilemma, many people say his potential strength is very weak like trash. Until the day of the reception ceremony, everyone was struck by the results of his talent test because no one had ever expected anything from the kid....

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